Tukuk-OS📅 February 4
18 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on February 4? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2015 — Shortly after takeoff from Taipei Songshan Airport, the crew of TransAsia Airways Flight 235 shut down the wrong engine in response to a flameout, leading to a crash that resulted in 43 deaths.
- 2008 — The London low emission zone (sign pictured), charging certain diesel-powered commercial vehicles to enter Greater London, came into operation.
- 1999 — Four plain-clothes New York City police officers shot and killed Amadou Diallo, an unarmed 23-year-old immigrant from Guinea, prompting outrage both in and outside the city.
- 1999 — The Philippine-flagged freighter New Carissa ran aground near Coos Bay, Oregon, causing one of the worst oil spills in the state's history.
- 1998 — An earthquake registering 5.9 MW struck northern Afghanistan, triggering landslides that killed over 2,300 people and destroyed around 15,000 homes.
February 1998 Afghanistan earthquakeMoment magnitude scaleLandslide
- 1974 — American newspaper heiress and socialite Patty Hearst was kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army, which she later joined.
- 1974 — The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army bombed a motor coach carrying off-duty British Armed Forces personnel and their family members, killing twelve people.
The TroublesProvisional Irish Republican ArmyM62 coach bombing
- 1969 — Yasser Arafat (pictured) was elected chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
- 1945 — World War II: American forces liberated the Santo Tomas Internment Camp in Manila, the largest Japanese-run internment camp for enemy civilians in the Philippines.
World War IISanto Tomas Internment CampList of Japanese-run internment camps during World War II
- 1899 — The Philippine–American War began when an American soldier, under orders to keep insurgents away from his unit's encampment, fired on a Filipino soldier in Manila.
- 1859 — Constantin von Tischendorf rediscovered the Codex Sinaiticus, a 4th-century great uncial codex of the Bible in Greek, in Saint Catherine's Monastery, Egypt.
Constantin von TischendorfCodex SinaiticusGreat uncial codices
- 1820 — Chilean War of Independence: Chilean forces captured the city of Valdivia.
- 1801 — John Marshall, whose court opinions helped lay the basis for U.S. constitutional law and made the Supreme Court a coequal branch of government, took office as chief justice.
John MarshallConstitutional law of the United StatesSupreme Court of the United States
- 1797 — The Riobamba earthquake, the most powerful in Ecuador's history, devastated Riobamba and many other cities, causing at least 6,000 casualties.
- 1555 — Marian Restoration: Because he opposed Catholicism, John Rogers was burned at the stake (pictured) as the first English Protestant executed for heresy under the reign of Mary I.
- 1488 — Bartolomeu Dias landed in Mossel Bay, becoming the first European known to have sailed around the Cape of Good Hope, the southern tip of Africa, beginning Portuguese influence and trade in the Indian Ocean.
- 1169 — A strong earthquake struck the eastern coast of Sicily, causing at least 15,000 deaths.
- 960 — Emperor Taizu (pictured) came to power, initiating the Song dynasty of China that eventually lasted for more than three centuries.
Births
- 2003 — Kyla Kenedy, American actress
- 2003 — Rasmus Højlund, Danish footballer
- 1999 — MJ Lenderman, American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
- 1998 — Malik Monk, American basketball player
- 1998 — Maximilian Wöber, Austrian footballer
- 1996 — Mohamed Sherif, Egyptian footballer
- 1990 — Haruka Tomatsu, Japanese voice actress and singer
- 1989 — Lavoy Allen, American basketball player
- 1988 — Charlie Barnett, American actor
- 1988 — Carly Patterson, American gymnast and singer
- 1987 — Darren O'Dea, Irish footballer
- 1987 — Lucie Šafářová, Czech tennis player
Deaths
- 2025 — Aga Khan IV, 49th Imam of the Nizari Isma'ili community (born 1936)
- 2024 — Barry John, Welsh rugby player (born 1945)
- 2023 — Vani Jairam, Indian playback singer (born 1945)
- 2023 — Sherif Ismail, 53rd Prime Minister of Egypt (born 1955)
- 2022 — Kim In-hyeok, South Korean volleyball player (born 1995)
- 2021 — Millie Hughes-Fulford, American astronaut, molecular biologist and NASA payload specialist (born 1945)
- 2020 — Daniel arap Moi, Former President of Kenya (born 1924)
- 2019 — Matti Nykänen, Finnish Olympic-winning ski jumper and singer (born 1963)
- 2018 — John Mahoney, English-American actor, voice artist, and comedian (born 1940)
- 2017 — Steve Lang, Canadian bass player (born 1949)
- 2017 — Bano Qudsia, Pakistani writer (born 1928)
- 2016 — Edgar Mitchell, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (born 1930)
Observances & holidays
- Christian feast day: Andrew Corsini
- Christian feast day: Eduardo Francisco Pironio
- Christian feast day: Gilbert of Sempringham
- Christian feast day: John de Brito
- Christian feast day: Goldrofe of Arganil
- Christian feast day: Blessed Rabanus Maurus
- Christian feast day: Rimbert
- Christian feast day: February 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Day of the Armed Struggle (Angola)
- Earliest day on which Ash Wednesday can fall, while March 10 is the latest; celebrated on the first day of Lent (Western Christianity)
- Independence Day (Sri Lanka)
- Rosa Parks Day (California and Missouri, United States)
- World Cancer Day
- International Day of Human Fraternity
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